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Mason, Pamela A. – 1981
The reading program of the Reading Public Schools encompasses skills which facilitate reading a wide variety of materials, reading as a source of enjoyment, and reading as a lifelong activity. The goals for each student address word recognition skills, comprehension, reading skills needed to function in society, reading skills for individual…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Blair, Susan M. – 1978
A functional reading program, as distinct from the standard middle school reading program, specifically ensures that all students will acquire the reading skills necessary for survival in our society. Survival reading behaviors to be achieved include the ability to read labels on packages, to locate references in a newspaper, or to translate…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading
Jackson, Shirley A. – 1980
Three issues related to improving basic skills in this nation are discussed in this paper: the definition of "basic literacy skills" and the number of Americans who are purportedly illiterate, what evidence exists that minorities in the United States really have a more serious problem than others in acquiring basic literacy skills, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Illiteracy
Foran, James V. – 1977
This practicum report describes the planning and implementation of a program to improve scores on the Basic Skills Reading Mastery Test at a senior high school that has been experiencing a decline in standardized test scores in recent years. A variety of strategies were used by the principal to make the improvement of reading skills a total staff…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, High Schools, Parent Participation
Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1968
This guide is designed to help teachers, staff members responsible for teacher training, and reading supervisors provide better reading instruction. The skills that lead to mature reading are arranged on eight levels of developmental sequence. Level A is concerned with developing prereading skills. Levels B to D treat initiating and developing…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Functional Reading
Williams, Richard P. – 1968
Included in this bibliography are books, monographs, dissertations, and journal articles of interest to secondary teachers concerned with reading instruction. The materials included in the 955 citations cover a period of publication from 1903 to 1967. Entries are divided into the following categories: (1) critical reading skills, (2) comprehension…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Functional Reading
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1985
This publication notes that while the elementary school student must learn to read, the secondary school student must read well to learn. With this purpose in view, this curriculum guide presents checklists that can serve as organizational tools for teachers who wish to plan meaningful reading experiences that develop skills and strategies for use…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Functional Reading, Mastery Learning
Denver County Public Schools, CO. – 1962
THE READING INSTRUCTION PROGRAM OF THE DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS SUMMARIZED. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE TEACHING WORD RECOGNITION SKILLS, DEVELOPING THE HABIT OF READING, AND DEVELOPING READING SPEED AND EFFICIENCY. IN ADDITION TO DEFINING THE OBJECTIVES AND BASIC DIMENSIONS OF THE ELEMENTARY READING PROGRAM, THIS REPORT ALSO DISCUSSES THE FOUR COMPONENT…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Functional Reading
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1987
Intended to assist underachieving high school pupils in improving their reading and communication skills, the Secondary Developmental Reading Program in the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools, emphasized literacy survival skills and reached 809 pupils in grades 9 and 10 in 13 senior high schools during the 1986-87 school year. The program used…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Functional Reading
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1987
The 1986-87 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools was implemented to provide assistance to selected underachieving pupils in grades one through eight so that they might attain more fully their potential for and improvement in language and reading skills. The program featured individual…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
